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The US CFPB drops its lawsuit against Zelle operator EWS, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, after suing them in December over fraud allegations — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday dismissed its lawsuit against the operator of the Zelle payments network …
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Apple updates the $599+ 11-inch and $799+ 13-inch iPad Air with M3, in four colors, and debuts a $269+ Magic Keyboard with function keys and a larger trackpad — Only a year after the last Air, Apple is updating the middle of its tablet lineup once again. … The iPad Air is a tricky tablet.
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Forums: r/macbookair, r/apple, and r/ipad
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
A US judge denies Musk's effort to halt OpenAI's for-profit shift, saying he failed to meet the burden of proof, but allows other aspects of the suit to proceed — A federal judge in California denied Elon Musk's effort to halt OpenAI's transformation into a for-profit entity, according to a filing on Tuesday.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple filed a complaint to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over the UK's demand for a backdoor to access users' encrypted data, even of non-UK users — iPhone maker has filed a complaint to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over demand to access encrypted data
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Forums: r/apple, r/unitedkingdom, r/ukpolitics, Slashdot, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast: |
The Los Angeles Times removes its AI-powered “Insights” feature from a column after the tool tried to defend the Ku Klux Klan, just a day after its debut — An AI-generated summary tried to offer “different views” on the hate group.
More: Pivot to AI, The Wrap, SFGATE, and Futurism
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X: @elamin88 and @benmullin
Forums: r/LosAngeles and r/technology
| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Internal email: Amazon has formed a new group focused on agentic AI, led by AWS executive Swami Sivasubramanian, who will report directly to AWS CEO Matt Garman — Amazon.com (AMZN.O) has formed a new group focused on agentic artificial intelligence, according to an internal email viewed by Reuters on Tuesday.| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google unveils AI-based Scam Detection in Google Messages in English, Android features like live location sharing in the Find My app, and new Pixel features — There are new features for Android and Pixel phones, including live location sharing in the Find My app.
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| Financial Times: |
Taiwan's government says it will assist with TSMC's $100B investment in the US, but also do “gatekeeping” to keep the most advanced tech in Taiwan — Trump-Zelenskyy clash crystallises fears about whether a more volatile White House will back Taipei
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| Sebastian Sinclair / Decrypt: |
Yuga Labs, creator of BAYC NFTs, says the US SEC closed its investigation into the company without taking enforcement action, adding “NFTs are not securities” — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has closed its investigation into Yuga Labs, the creator of the Bored Ape Yacht Club … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google representatives asked DOJ officials in a meeting last week to back away from a push to break up the company, citing national security concerns — Google is urging officials at President Donald Trump's Justice Department to back away from a push to break up the search engine company … | The Information: |
CoreWeave acquires Weights & Biases, whose tools help developers build AI apps, sources say for ~$1.7B; Weights & Biases was valued at $1.25B in 2023 — CoreWeave, which provides cloud servers to large companies developing artificial intelligence, is in talks to acquire Weights & Biases … | Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: US Commerce Dept. plans changes to Biden's $42.5B broadband grant program, to let states award more funds to satellite-internet providers like Starlink — Agency plans changes that will make Elon Musk's satellite-internet service eligible for more rural broadband funding
More: Fierce Network and Benzinga
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| Kamila Wojciechowska / Android Authority: |
Source: Google plans to launch its rumored “Pixie” AI assistant on the Pixel 10 as “Pixel Sense”, using data from Google apps to provide contextual suggestions — Google might finally be realizing its vision of truly smart contextual assistant. — • — •
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Forums: r/Android, r/Bard, r/GooglePixel, and Ars OpenForum
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Ilya Sutskever told associates that he isn't developing advanced AI using the methods used at OpenAI and has identified a “different mountain to climb” — Safe Superintelligence has become one of the most valuable companies in tech thanks to the reputation of former OpenAI researcher Ilya Sutskever| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
YouTube will tighten gambling content rules, including prohibiting creators from verbally referring to gambling services not approved by Google, from March 19 — It may also restrict online gambling content for users under 18. … YouTube is tightening its policies on gambling content.
More: Moneycontrol, Android Police, Android Headlines, Barrett Media, Social Media Today, CNN, and Search Engine Land. Forums: r/technology
| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
While addressing Congress, President Trump calls to “get rid” of the $52B CHIPS Act and use the leftover amount to “reduce debt or any other reason” — President Donald Trump called for an end to a landmark $52 billion semiconductor subsidy program that's spurred …
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Forums: r/Destiny and r/politics
| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI unveils NextGenAI, a consortium of research institutions including Harvard, MIT, and Oxford, and commits $50M in compute, API access, and research grants — OpenAI on Monday announced a consortium, NextGenAI, focused on supporting AI-assisted research at top universities.| Richard Collings / Axios: |
NYC-based Odeko, which sells smart operations software to independent coffee shops and cafes, raised a $126M Series E, including $96M in equity and $30M in debt — Exit Content Preview … - In addition, Odeko said it acquired Butter Insurance, a specialized insurance platform for local businesses.
More: Nation's Restaurant News, Odeko, FinSMEs, and VC News Daily
| Anna Heim / TechCrunch: |
Netherlands-based QuantWare, which offers its VIO chip architecture to help solve scaling bottlenecks in quantum processors, raised a €20M Series A — Big Tech companies aren't sleeping on quantum chips: Amazon Web Services introduced Ocelot; Microsoft, Majorana; and Google, Willow.
More: Tech.eu, QuantWare, EU-Startups, TNW, Silicon Canals, The Quantum Insider, Tech Funding News, and HPCwire
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